The Saturday Alternative – Nov. 3rd, 2018

Dig into this week’s Saturday Alternative playlist! The Fitting Room album was Muted Crowd by Spirit Award, out now on Union Zero.

When it came time to write and record the follow-up to their 2017 debut, Neverending, Seattle’s Spirit Award decided to go about things differently. As opposed to taking lots of time and meticulously producing an album in several different studios like they did the first go around, they got right down to it and got to work with the intent to create a collection that was more raw, aggressive and organic. They even allowed themselves – and each other – more freedom in the studio, each of them picking up different instruments to lay down ideas and build these songs in a truly collaborative manner. The result is an album that is loud and immediate, full of feeling and atmosphere, and packed with big soaring, psychedelic guitars and synths and a deep, driving rhythmic pulse. Produced by Trevor Spencer (Father John Misty, Fleet Foxes), it all comes together beautifully on Muted Crowd.